On Wednesday morning, telescopes will try to capture a rocket hitting the moon's daylight side.

The rocket is a SpaceX Falcon 9 that carried two lunar landers. It launched in January 2025.

An astronomer named Bill Gray has been tracking the rocket since it launched. He noticed it would hit the moon on August 5, 2026.

Getting the exact path of the rocket is hard because the sun's gravity affects it. Gray had to consider this.

After refining the orbit, Gray realized the rocket would hit the moon directly.

By March, Gray knew the rocket would hit the moon. He just had to figure out where and when.

The rocket will hit the moon's daylight side, near the edge.

This is not the first time a human-made object has hit the moon.

Other objects have hit the moon, including parts of the Apollo missions.

NASA and ESA have also had spacecraft hit the moon. One left a big crater.

Astronomers want people to watch the rocket hit the moon on August 5.

The best view will be for people in Canada, the US, the Caribbean, and South America.

The rocket is moving fast and will send up a lot of rock and dust.

This is where observations come in.

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Astronomers can try to see the flash or the plume of rock and dust.

But it might be hard to see the flash because it will be short and on the lit side.

Astronomers should still try to see it.

There is advice for amateur astronomers who want to capture the event.

They need to take pictures quickly to catch the flash or plume.

Astronomers hope to learn important things from this impact.

They want to know how much of a risk these impacts pose for astronauts.

The chance of an astronaut being hit is low, but there are other things to think about.

There are different hazards from meteoroids and artificial impacts.

Indirect hazards could include the plume falling back to the moon.

The question is how often might this happen?

An astronomer is tracking many objects, but none will hit the moon soon.

He is watching a Chinese rocket that was launched in 2013, but it does not seem like it will hit the moon.